Publications & Presentations

Publications

Schwob, N., Groner, R., Lebkuecher, A. L., Rudnicki, S., Weiss, D. J. (2022). Consistent second-order motor planning by cotton top tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus). Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Taylor, S., Arenson, M., Kalinowski, L., Schwob, N., & Shin, K. E. (2022). Psychology and the pandemic: Introduction to the special issue. Translational Issues in Psychological Science.

Lebkuecher, A. L., Schwob, N., Kabasa, M., MacDonald, M. C. & Weiss, D. J. (2022). Plan reuse in motor and language production. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

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Margiotoudi, K., Bohn, M., Schwob, N., Taglialatela, J. P., Pulvermüller, F., Epping, A. J., Schweller, K., Allritz, M.(2022). Bo-NO-bouba-kiki: Picture-word mapping but no spontaneous sound symbolic speech-shape mapping in a language trained bonobo. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Schwob, N., Epping, A., Taglialatela, J. P., Weiss, D. J. (2022). The early bonobos gets the juice? The evolutionary roots of pre-crastination in bonobos (Pan paniscus). Animal Behavior and Cognition.

Droege, P., Schwob, N., Weiss, D. J. (2021). Fishnition: Developing models from cognition toward consciousness. Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Current state of fish behaviour & welfare research: Honoring Victoria Braithwaite.

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Droege, P., Weiss, D. J., Schwob, N., & Braithwaite, V. (2021). Trace conditioning as a test for animal consciousness: a new approach. Animal Cognition, 1-6.

Weiss, D. J., Schwob, N., & Lebkuecher, A. L. (2020). Bilingualism and statistical learning: Lessons from studies using artificial languages. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 23(1), 92-97.

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Taglialatela, J. P., Skiba, S., Evans, R., Bogart, S., Schwob, N. (2020). Social behavior and social tolerance in chimpanzees and bonobos. In L. D. Hopper and S. R. Ross (eds.), Chimpanzees in Context: A Comparative Perspective on Chimpanzee Behavior, Cognition, and Welfare. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Presentations

Chen, H.**, Schwob, N., Rosati, A.G. (2023, April). Investigating the relationship between curiosity and sociality in macaques. Poster presentation at UROP Symposium at University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.

Schwob, N., Link, A., Lebkuecher, A. L., Epping, A. J., Weiss, D. J. (2022, October). A language sequencing bias is present in the motor planning of a language trained bonobo (Pan paniscus), but not more typical bonobos. Poster presentation at the 18th meeting of the Midwestern Primate Interest Group in Ann Arbor, MI

Parrillo, I. J.**, Schwob, N., Weiss, D.J. (2022, March). Is age a factor in the development of motor planning skills among primates? Poster presentation at The Pennsylvania State University’s Psi Chi Conference in University Park, PA

** denotes student trainee

Schwob, N., Weiss, D. J. (2020, November). Avoiding the short end of the stick: Consistent second-order motor planning by cotton top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Virtual short talk presented at the 61st meeting of the Psychonomic Society.

Anthony, S.**, Schwob, N., Weiss, D. J. (2020, July). The end-state comfort effect in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus). Virtual talk presented at the 57th meeting of the Animal Behavior Society.

** denotes student trainee

Weiss, D. J., Lebkeucher, A. Schwob, N. (2019) The role of sequencing biases in the evolution of syntax. Talk presented at the Center for Language Science meeting at The Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA

Lebkuecher, A. L., Schwob, N., Kabasa, M., MacDonald, M., Weiss, D. J. (2019, November). Plan reuse in motor and language production. Poster presentation at the 60th meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Montreal, Canada

Weiss, D. J., Lebkeucher, A., Schwob, N. (2019, September) The role of sequencing biases in the evolution of syntax. Talk presented at the Center for Language Science meeting at The Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA

Schwob, N., Epping, A., Weiss, D. J. (2019, July). Sequence planning in bonobos. Presentation at the 56th meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Chicago, IL

Epping, A., Schwob, N., Weiss, D. J., Taglialatela, J. P. (2019, July). Anticipatory motor planning in bonobos. Poster presentation at the 56th meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Chicago, IL

Schwob, N., Epping, A., Weiss, D. J. (2019, March). Get the show on the road: Pre-crastination in bonobos. Presentation at the 111th meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Cincinnati, OH

Schwob, N., Lebkuecher, A. L., Kabasa, M., Kwon, J., Mason, A., MacDonald, M., Weiss, D. J. (2018, November). Common constraints in language and motor planning. Poster presentation at the 59th meeting of the Psychonomic Society in New Orleans, LA

Schwob, N., Hopkins, W., Taglialatela, J. P. (2018, August). Differences in the orofacial-motor control of an active articulator: Tongue protrusions in chimpanzees and bonobos. Poster presentation at the 27th meeting of the International Primatological Society in Nairobi, Kenya.

Skiba, S., Schwob, N., Taglialatela, J. (2018, August). The adaptive value of socio-communicative behavior in chimpanzees and bonobos. Presentation at the 27th meeting of the International Primatological Society in Nairobi, Kenya.

Schwob, N., Hopkins, W., Taglialatela, J. (2017. August). Evidence of language prerequisites in Pan: Orofacial-motor and breath control in chimpanzees and bonobos. Presentation at the 40th meeting of the American Society of Primatologist in the District of Columbia, USA.

Schwob, N., Moore, B., Russell, J., Hopkins, W., Taglialatela, J. P. (2016, August). Chimpanzees that produce attention getting sounds show similar flexibility in vocal production as compared to those that do not. Poster presentation at the 26th meeting of the International Primatological Society in Chicago, IL.

Evans, R., Schwob, N., Skiba, S., Hopkins, W., Taglialatela, J. (2016, August). Microsatellites in the non-coding region of arginine vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1a) contribute to the differential sociality observed between captive Pan species: chimpanzees and bonobos. Poster presentation at the 26th meeting of the International Primatological Society in Chicago, IL.

Widness, J., Schwob, N., Beirsdorf, C., Shender, M., Ross, S. (2014, October). Impacts of rearing history on captive western lowland gorilla development. Poster presented the 11th meeting of the Midwestern Primate Interest Group in Madison, WI.

Schwob, N., Salmi, R., Fragaszy, D. (2014, April). Vocal repertoire of the red-and-green macaw: A first description. Presentation at the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium in Athens, GA.

Jordan, T., Howard, A., Bernardes, S., Schwob, N., Madden, M. (2014, March). Structure from motion and bearded capuchin Monkey tool use: ‘Casual’ photogrammetry for research and field. Presentation at the American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing in Louisville, KY.